A Russian multi-use building on the Moscow river. I doubt I can afford. From an American perspective, apart from Moscow and other large cities, housing is cheap in Russia. While we were in Murom we looked at a very nice apartment. It was a spacious two-story four-bedroom apartment--you might even call it a penthouse as it was the top two floors of a five story building. It had all the modern appliances included. There was a spot for a sauna, but that was extra. Utilities, except for phone but including cable TV, are about $200 a month. Reasonable internet speed is cheap. The cost for this deluxe apartment in the skies? The day we looked it was $95,000. Before we left Russia the price had dropped, in dollars, to $89,000. Right now it is $92,000. In a suburb close to Moscow one can get an apartment with two bedrooms for that price, still relatively cheap. Since my guess is that the Ruble is trending lower, it will only get cheaper. 

So if we decide to move to Russia, housing will not be an issue, not even if we live in a big city.

In a sense if we move we are "moving on up."